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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
223 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Salary
Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Agricultural Production is the 177th most popular major in the country with 3,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural production graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,100 and had an average of $16,942 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 903 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,125 and $19,184 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 223 agricultural production graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agricultural production program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Production (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $15,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full North Carolina State University Agricultural Production Report

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

UK also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UK is $15,733 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agricultural Production at UK

#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern is $14,004 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Eastern Kentucky University

#4

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $18,007 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Mississippi State Agricultural Production Report

#5

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 7 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $24,079 for southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Auburn

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree agricultural production students whose families make $48-$75k list, Clemson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,971 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Clemson University.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Production at Clemson

#7

University of Mount Olive

Mount Olive, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

University of Mount Olive ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Mount Olive is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s agricultural production degrees to qualified students.

UMO also took the #7 spot in our “Best Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,869 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Production students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UMO.

Read more about Agricultural Production at UMO

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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